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“Never ask a man if he’s from Texas. If he is, he’ll tell you; if he isn’t, there’s no use embarrassing him.”
It’s an adage that’s been around a long time in some form or another. It was first documented by John Gunther in a travel book in 1947, but who said it first remains a mystery.
Your editor has been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be a Texan and where a Texan’s loyalties should l…